Well, perhaps a little bit got lost in translation. “Stern talking to” and “riot act” should not be misconstrued to mean “screaming, humiliating and careless condescension.” It means that the doctors in question conveyed somberly the seriousness and magnitude of the issue at hand.
When a doctor has a relationship with her patient and the patient’s parents, she won’t need to hide the truth by sugarcoating everything. My daughter went home from the doctor’s office in a booster seat.
My friend’s son, now twelve, has lost over 30 pounds and counting.